Lunch-basket



A. PROBOLA. LUNCH BASKET.

'.N0. 556,370. Patented Mar. 17, 1896.-

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ADAM PROBOLA, OF CLEiVELAND, OHIO.

LUNCH-BASKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 556,370, dated March17, 1896.

i Application led October 2, 1895. Serial No. 564,467. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADAM PROBOLA, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Lunch-Baskets; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to lunch-baskets, and the invention consists in theconstruction and combination of parts substantially as shown anddescribed, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of myimproved lunchbasket with the lid raised. Fig. 2 is a vertical centralsectional elevation with the lid closed. Fig. 3 is a perspective view ofa portion of the handle and its support, as hereinafter described.

The basket herein is intended to combine cheapness and simplicity ofconstruction with utility and attractiveness.

As shown, the basket consists in the body part having solid woodenbottom A and ends B, and longitudinal connecting-pieces C along thefront and rear thereof, thus forming a skeleton outline of rectangularform. This body thus constructed has any suitable covering of flexiblematerial D over both the sides and ends thereof. Ordinarily a commonoil-cloth will suifce; but, if preferred, basketwork or other open-workmaterial may be used, and in this case I show ornamental bordering` E,which adds to its appearance. The front and rear of the box is open fromtop to bottom, except as it is covered with the oilcloth or othercovering D and the longitudinal panels or strips C. This not onlycontributes to lightness, but it leaves the sides flexible, and thuscontributes to the appearance also of the basket.

The lid or cover G is hinged to the box and has Wood on its four sidesto form a frame, and is covered with light material D, like that whichcovers the box itself, and with the same kind of bordering to give itfinish. This cover or lid has two large openings II near its ends andmiddle, and over these on the outside is set what may be called thespider K, having numerous perforations 2 about its convex body, so as toafford a free outlet for the air and to obtain perfect ventilation ofthe inside of the basket. This spider has two angular legs 4, which aredriven into and through the soft wood from the top of the cover and areclinched at their lower ends by bending them to right angles, as seen inFig. 2, and thus serve to fasten the spiders firmly upon the cover. Thebail or handle end is engaged in loops upon the top of the spiders K,and the said spiders are made ornamental as Well as useful for holdingthe handle and providing ventilation. A suitable lock or catch 5 on thecover engages a projection G on the box, and thus serves to hold thecover down.

What I claim isei In a lunch-basket a box or body portion and a coverhaving Ventilating-openings in its top, perforated spiders arranged oversaid openings and fixed to the cover, and a handle or bail supported insaid spiders, substantially as set forth.

Witness my hand to the foregoing specification on this 12th day ofSeptember, 1895.

ADAM PROBOLA.

Witnesses:

H. T. FIsHEE, R. B. MosER.

